Dan Antion posted: " The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) is located in the Historic Duluth Union Depot. The museum claims to house "the finest collection of Railroad Equipment in the country." I haven't visited every railroad museum in the country, but I've visited "
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The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) is located in the Historic Duluth Union Depot. The museum claims to house "the finest collection of Railroad Equipment in the country." I haven't visited every railroad museum in the country, but I've visited quite a few, and this is the best one I've seen. According to the LSRM webpage, the museum began as a local project in 1973 and has grown into one of the largest and most respected railway museums in the US. The museum focuses on railroading in the Lake Superior region.
I could tell you a little bit more about the museum, but I'll stop with this: if you are ever in Duluth, Minnesota, plan on spending a couple hours in at LSRM.
Now, if you didn't skip to the participant galleries ate the first instance of "railroad," then you're probably here for the trains. Let's do that.
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The William Crooks, the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad's No. 1, a 4-4-0 American type built in 1861.
The William Crooks, the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad's No. 1, a 4-4-0 American type built in 1861.
I love the doors at the front of the boilers,.
Doors in the back are big enough to let train cars pass through. I also like the lights.
There's an exit door in the background, but I remember when I was learning to drive and having to identify signs like this by their shape.
The Minnetonka. A wood burning locomotive was the first locomotive on the Northern Pacific Railway. It was manufactured by Smith & Porter of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
You knew I couldn't pass by this wrecker without taking a good look and a few pictures.
The business end of the wrecker (crane).
The story of the wrecker. Obsolete, but remarkable
The story of the Minnetonka.
The Minnetonka. The boiler door says "Smith & Porter – Pittsburgh, PA"
Some of the assets on display were hard to track down. I don't know much about this car, but I like it.
I think this is a caboose or a work car, but it wasn't listed in the collection. Still, I like the door.
The passage ways were very narrow in the electric locomotives, Equipment filled the center of each car.
Inside one of the early electric freight trains.
Looking forward to the cab of one of the electric locomotives.
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